(Studenten) Solen såg jag, Så mig tycktes Som jag skådat Den Fördolde; Sina verk var mänska njuter, Säll är den det goda övar, För din vredes gärning som du övat Gör ej bot med ondska; Hugna den du har bedrövat, Med din godhet har du båtnad Ingen fruktar som ej illa gjorde Gott är menlös vara.
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Confirmed with August Strindberg, August Strindbergs Samlade Verk 58; Kammarspel, Nationalupplaga, Stockholm : Norstedts, 1991, Texten redigerad och kommenterad av Gunnar Ollén, p.255
Text Authorship:
- by August Strindberg (1849 - 1912), no title, written 1907, appears in Gespenstersonate [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), adapted by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Anton von Webern.
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-06-28
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Schien mir's, als ich sah die Sonne, daß ich schaute den Verborgnen: jeder Mensch genießt die Werke, selig, der das Gute übet. Für die Zornestat, die du verübtest, büße nicht mit Bosheit; tröste den, den du betrübtest, gütig, und es wird dir frommen. Der nur fürchtet, der sich hat vergangen: gut ist schuldlos leben.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Swedish (Svenska) by August Strindberg (1849 - 1912), no title, written 1907, appears in Gespenstersonate
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Schien mir's, als ich sah die Sonne", op. 12 (Vier Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier) no. 3 (1915)
Score: IMSLP [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "It seems to me that when I saw the sun", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Il me semblait quand je voyais le soleil", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Hubert Schmid
This text was added to the website: 2003-10-20
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Word count: 54